Industrial Innovation: Textiles – Apparel Clothing

Updated Time: 4 Jul 2017

The Consumer Textiles Industry has a total of 731 granted patents and 2,459 patent applications distributed into 1,918 patent families. Based on the countries of patent applications, the key markets are Japan, USA and WIPO(PCT). The main technology areas are layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, Shirts; underwear; baby linen; handkerchiefs and outerwear; protective garments; accessories. The top companies in this industry are グンゼ (Gunze) andUNDER ARMOUR.

2,599Total Patents

731 Grants

2,459 Applications

The Consumer Textiles Industry has a grant to application ratio of 0.297, which is approximately 1 patent granted for every 3.364 patent applications.

Geographic Breakdown

By showing the geographic breakdown of the patents in this technology field, it is possible to determine the territorial markets in which the technology field is prominent or which markets have opportunities for development.

TOP 3 Countries

Japan

Japan is the top country/region for patent coverage with a total of 1,613 patents.

USA

USA comes in 2nd with a total of 236 patents.

WIPO(PCT)

WIPO(PCT) rounds up the top 3 with a total of 178 patents.

Key Technologies

Through grouping the patents in the technology field into their various technology areas, it is possible to identify the core technology areas of this field.

Valuable Patents

The ranking below shows some of the most valuable and important patents in this industry.